Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Host Cities and the Olympics: An Interactionist Approach
1st Edition
By Harry Hiller
March 27, 2014
Rather than interpreting the Olympics as primarily a sporting event of international or national significance, this book understands the Games as a civic project for the host city that serves as a catalyst for a variety of urban interests over a period of many years from the bidding phase through ...
The Global Horseracing Industry: Social, Economic, Environmental and Ethical Perspectives
1st Edition
By Phil McManus, Glenn Albrecht, Raewyn Graham
March 27, 2014
Horseracing, thoroughbred breeding and gambling on racing are global industries worth several hundred billion dollars. They are also industries facing serious challenges, from the rise of alternative forms of leisure gambling to concerns about the ethical treatment of animals in all equestrian ...
Theology, Ethics and Transcendence in Sports
1st Edition
Edited
By Jim Parry, Mark Nesti, Nick J. Watson
November 08, 2013
This book provides an inter-disciplinary examination of the relationship between sport, spirituality and religion. It covers a wide-range of topics, such as prayer and sport, religious and spiritual perspectives on athletic identity and ‘flow’ in sport, theological analysis of genetic performance ...
The Cultural Politics of Post-9/11 American Sport: Power, Pedagogy and the Popular
1st Edition
By Michael Silk
September 20, 2013
Much of the writing on the post-9/11 period in the United States has focused on the role of "official" Government rhetoric about 9/11. Those who have focused on the news media have suggested that they played a key role in (re)defining the nation, allowing the citizenry to come to terms with 9/11, ...
Ultimate Fighting and Embodiment: Violence, Gender and Mixed Martial Arts
1st Edition
By Dale C. Spencer
September 20, 2013
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is an emergent sport where competitors in a ring or cage utilize strikes (punches, kicks, elbows and knees) as well as submission techniques to defeat opponents. This book explores the carnal experience of fighting through a sensory ethnography of MMA, and how it ...
The Organisation and Governance of Top Football Across Europe: An Institutional Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Hallgeir Gammelsæter, Benoit Senaux
June 05, 2013
This book aims to provide an extensive overview of how football is organized and managed on a European level and in individual European countries, and to account for the evolution of the national, international and transnational management of football over the last decades....
Race, Ethnicity and Football: Persisting Debates and Emergent Issues
1st Edition
Edited
By Daniel Burdsey
May 23, 2013
As the first edited collection dedicated specifically to race, ethnicity and British football, this book brings together a range of academics, comprising both established commentators and up-and-coming voices. Combining theoretical and empirical contributions, the volume addresses a wide variety of...
Sport and Social Mobility: Crossing Boundaries
1st Edition
By Ramón Spaaij
May 23, 2013
Can sport serve as a vehicle for social mobility of disadvantaged social groups? How and to what extent are different forms of social capital created through sport participation? Sport and Social Mobility: Crossing Boundaries takes up these questions through a critical examination of the ways in ...
Critical Readings in Bodybuilding
1st Edition
Edited
By Adam Locks, Niall Richardson
March 11, 2013
In recent years the ‘body’ has become one of the most popular areas of study in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Bodybuilding, in particular, continues to be of interest to scholars of gender, media, film, cultural studies and sociology. However, there is surprisingly little scholarship ...
India and the Olympics
1st Edition
By Boria Majumdar, Nalin Mehta
September 25, 2012
In most accounts of Olympic history across the world, India's Olympic journey is a mere footnote. This book is a corrective. Drawing on newly available and hitherto unused archival sources, it demonstrates that India was an important strategic outpost in the Olympic movement that started as a ...
Social Capital and Sport Governance in Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Margaret Groeneveld, Barrie Houlihan, Fabien Ohl
September 05, 2012
Although there is significant interest in the social role of sport in fostering civil society from both policymakers and academics, there is a lack of evidence of the specific role of sport federations in this system. This book critically presents the mechanisms and structures in a selection of ...
Women and Exercise: The Body, Health and Consumerism
1st Edition
Edited
By Eileen Kennedy, Pirkko Markula
September 05, 2012
Exercise for women is a heavily-laden social and embodied experience. While exercise promotion has become an increasingly visible part of health campaigns, obesity among women is rising, and studies indicate that women are generally less physically active than men. Women’s (lack of) exercise, ...